Fara-7B is Microsoft’s first agentic small language model (SLM) designed specifically for computer use.

With only 7 billion parameters, Fara-7B is an ultra-compact Computer Use Agent (CUA) that achieves state-of-the-art performance within its size class and is competitive with larger, more resource-intensive agentic systems.

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This article from Microsoft Unlocked details the collaboration between Microsoft and the Vatican Library to use digital technology and AI to preserve, digitize, and make accessible millions of pages of historic manuscripts.